Improvement in ladies  skirts



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

DWIGHT M. CHURCH, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEO.It. BAILEY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LADIES SKIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,336, dated September35, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, DWIGHT M. CHURCH, of Derby, New Haven county, Stateof Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ladies7Skirts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specitication, in which- Figure l is aperspective view of my improved ladys skirt. Fig. 2 is a detailsectional View ofthe same, taken through the line x 5v, Fig. 1. I

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has t'or its object to furnish a ladys skirt thev lowerpart ot' which may be detached when soiled and replaced by a clean partwithout its being necessary to wash the entire skirt every time itslower part becomes soiled; and it consists et' a ladys skirt formedby'conibining a detachable` lower part with the body or mainl part ofthe skirt, as here inafter more fully described.

The upper part or body, A, of the skirt is made with a waistband, B, inthe ordinary manner. Upon the lower edge ot' the part A is formed a widehem; This hem is tucked by folding in its lower edge, as shown in Fig.2, so that the hem may have two downwardlyprojectin g edges or flaps, aand a2. The turned-u p part of the hem is secured in place by beingsewed fast to the inner flap, a2." These aps a and a2 should be of aboutthe same length, or the outerone may be a little longer than the innerone. To the inner tlap, a2, as shown in Figs. l and 2, are sewed buttonssufficiently near each other to fully and securely support the lowerdetachable part, C, so that its upper edge may not sag below the loweredge ofthe tlapa.

The lower edge of the detachable part C lmay terminate in a hem or in anembroidered portion, in the. same manner that the lower edges of ladiesskirts are ordinarily finished.

In the upper edge of the detachable part C are formed button-holescorresponding in number and position to the number and position ot thebuttons on the ap a2, before described 5 and tlie part G is secured tothe part A by being buttoned to it, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

When the lower part of a skirt constructed in this manner becomes soiledit may be removed and replaced by a clean one without its beingnecessary to remove or wash the entire skirt. Lower parts,C,ot`di1terent qualities, may also be attached to ,the same body A, ascircumstances may render them suitable.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An improved ladysskirt formed by combining a detachable lower part, C, with the body ormain part A ot' the skirt by fastenings concealed by a tuck, a',substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

DWIGHT M. CHURCH. Witnesses:

F. W. CURTISS, y SIDNEY A. DowNs.

